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Least amount of sleep hours possible to grow and still produce muscle?

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Dr. Marsha Davis answered

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Depends: Oumt of sleep is age dependent. To be healthy most adults should have 7-8 hours of sleep though very few actually sleep this much. Children need much more.

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Answered 7/5/2012

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A member asked:

Least amount of sleep hours possible to grow and still produce muscle?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Marsha Davis answered

Dr Ferdowsi agreed

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